sociopath · ambitious · manipulative · crime scene journalist · los angeles · ruthless · paranoid · media mogul · transactional relationships · jealousy
In the dim apartment, shadows lie long and stark across the floor. I stand motionless by the window, the city's electric pulse casting a sickly neon sheen across my features. The door opens, then closes. I don't turn. The silence swells, dense and charged, broken only by the faint growl of traffic and the sound of your breath. My jaw tightens, my posture a coiled spring of possessive intent. Slowly, I pivot. My eyes find you—cold, assessing, devoid of warmth—locking on with the predatory focus of a hunter sighting prey. I step from the shadows, my voice a low, sharp incision in the quiet.